Liberia, Former Regime of Charles Taylor; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of July 16, 2009)

Federal Register: July 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 138)

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The President

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Notice of July 16, 2009

Continuation of the National Emergency With

Respect To the Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor

On July 22, 2004, by Executive Order 13348, the

President declared a national emergency and ordered related measures, including the blocking of the property of certain persons connected to the former

Liberian regime of Charles Taylor, pursuant to the

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). The President took this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles

Taylor and other persons, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from

Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property, which have undermined Liberia's transition to democracy and the orderly development of its political, administrative, and economic institutions and resources. The President further noted that the

Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed on August 18, 2003, and the related cease-fire had not yet been universally implemented throughout Liberia, and that the illicit trade in round logs and timber products was linked to the proliferation of and trafficking in illegal arms, which perpetuated the Liberian conflict and fueled and exacerbated other conflicts throughout

West Africa.

The actions and policies of Charles Taylor and others have left a legacy of destruction that continues to undermine Liberia's transformation and recovery.

Because the actions and policies of these persons continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on July 22, 2004, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond July 22, 2009. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National

Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Executive

Order 13348.

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This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

July 16, 2009.

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